8 codes that turn ChatGPT into a brutal editor and thinking partner instead of a yes-man.
Paste this exact block once at the start of a chat to switch them on:
Prompt
/ATTACK = argue against what I just said as hard as you honestly can before anything else /HOLES = point out what I'm assuming that I haven't said out loud, and what I've left out /STEELMAN = make the strongest possible case for the opposite of my position /SOWHAT = tell me why this actually matters or doesn't, cut the throat-clearing /ODDS = give me your honest confidence level, high, medium, or low, and what would change it /PLAINLY = strip the hedging and tell me the blunt version you'd tell a friend /NEXT = tell me the single most important thing to do next and why it beats the alternatives /FAILHOW = tell me the most likely way this goes wrong before I commit to it
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